Materiality of Early Modern Optical Instruments

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• Speaker to be confirmed
• Tuesday 22 January 2019, 10:00-13:00
• Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Judith Weik.

This is a study day organized by the AHRC -funded project, Making Visible: The visual and graphic practices of the early Royal Society.

Speakers: Dr Michael Korey, Curator at the Dresden State Art Galleries & Dr Tiemen Cocquyt, Curator at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave

The expert curators will introduce the most recent research on the materiality of historical optical instruments and their lenses, accompanied by hands-on sessions with replica instruments.

Further details can be found here: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/28230

This workshop is free and open to all, booking is required: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/materiality-of-early-modern-optical-instruments-tickets-53638871308

This talk is part of the Making Visible project events series.

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